Which colors suit you, and why color alone is only half the answer
A color analysis shows which colors work with your skin tone, hair and eyes, and which make you look pale, tired or severe. With me, this does not happen with fabric drapes in a studio, but with your own clothes, in daylight, in front of your wardrobe. That is where you see the difference straight away.
I have been doing this in Berlin since 6 January 2013. In that time I have seen hundreds of wardrobes, and in almost every one of them hang the same two or three pieces that never get worn. Usually it is not the cut and not the price. It is a color that simply does not work next to your face.
Because the right color alone does not make a good piece of clothing. There may be spring, summer, autumn and winter types. But a piece in the theoretically right color can still be a complete miss: wrong cut, wrong length, wrong for your figure.
The same is true the other way round: if a dress fits you perfectly, it is the better choice even in a color that is not quite ideal. In thirteen years I have too often seen women go home with a color pass and still get it wrong afterwards, because nobody told them which shapes suit them.
So there is no fixed scheme. Every consultation is tailored to you from the ground up, and the plan looks different every time. Color, cut and proportion work together, and looking at them separately would only be half the answer.
Moving to Berlin often means a new job, a new climate and a wardrobe that suddenly feels wrong. Berlin dresses more casually than London, Paris or New York, and the winters are long and grey.
A color analysis is a good way to start over: we look at what you brought with you, keep what works, and plan what is missing. The consultation is in English.
The color analysis is not a separate appointment. It is part of the consultation, either during the wardrobe check at your home or on a personal shopping tour. Both work; it depends on where you are right now.
What you take home is not a color fan or a folder, but the ability to shop on your own without getting it wrong again. You have seen your colors on your own clothes, and that stays with you.
€85 per hour, minimum booking two hours, so from €170. The hourly rate is the same for all my services, whether wardrobe check, color analysis or shopping tour. No flat fees, no hidden costs.
How long it takes depends on how much we look at together; a walk-in wardrobe takes longer. You pay for exactly the time we need.
A color analysis also makes a good gift: as an amount or a complete package, as an instant PDF or a folded card by post, valid for three years. Everything about it on the vouchers page.
Yes. Both terms mean finding out which colors suit your skin tone, hair and eyes. "Color analysis" sounds like a test with a result sheet. With me it is more of a shared look in the mirror, with your own clothes, in daylight, together with the question of which cuts suit you.
A classic color analysis usually takes 60 to 90 minutes in a studio. Fabric drapes are held up to your face, you are assigned a seasonal or 12-type palette, and you take home a color fan. I work at your home, with the clothes you already own, and I look at color and cut together. You leave with a wardrobe that works, not with a palette you still have to translate into clothes.
The color analysis costs €85 per hour; the minimum booking is two hours, so from €170. How long it takes depends on how much we look at together; you pay for exactly the time we need. There are no flat fees and no hidden costs.
No, and there is a reason. A color analysis without the question of which cuts and shapes suit you falls short. One depends on the other. That is why it is always part of the consultation and takes place at your wardrobe or on the shopping tour.
No. There may be spring, summer, autumn and winter types, but a piece in the theoretically right color can still be a miss. And a dress that fits your figure perfectly is the better choice even in a less than ideal color.
At your home, if we go through your wardrobe first. That gives us daylight and your own clothes. If we go shopping together, or if you are only visiting Berlin, I build the color analysis into the shopping tour. There is no studio you would need to come to.
Yes. The whole consultation can be in English, from the first call to the shopping tour.
Above all, the ability to shop on your own without getting it wrong again. You have seen your colors on your own clothes and know why one piece works and another doesn't. That knowledge stays with you on every shopping trip, and it is worth more than a folder on the shelf.
Then give me a call. The first call is free and takes about 20 minutes, by phone or video. I listen to what it is about and tell you honestly whether I can help. In most cases my answer is: you are completely normal, and you are not alone with this.
Write to me briefly about what you have in mind. I usually reply the same day.